Personal Narrative: My Vietnam Soldier
I Love this man. He was with me at the County Fair sharing a brick-o-fries. He was with me to experience the best Chinese Buffet and the best 3D movies ever! He was with me when we cried together over the loss of family, friends, and pets. He was with me when I went through hell with my husband. He was with me when I lost my home. He was with me when the divorce was final and we celebrated at the Reggae Festival. He is my best friend and now my Fiancée. We have yet to consummate this union………..My man is a Vietnam Veteran.
He signed up with the Army at the age of eighteen in 1968 while searching for meaning in his life. For eighteen months, he was in the line of fire in Vietnam. After witnessing the atrocities of an unnecessary war, he completed his tour of duty and returned home.
While working on his BA at the local Community College, he met with members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and joined them in the 1971 anti-war protests in Washington D.C. Throwing his dog tags over the fence of the White House in protest, he didn’t think about what those men in black were going to do with them once they gathered them off the lawn.
He suffered from skin rashes, foot fungus, and deep emotional problems, all of which had started in Vietnam. He struggled through college and finally earned his master’s degree in Art …show more content…
Trying to find solace and relief from his emotional afflictions, He decided to go back to Vietnam in December of 1999 when he joined the Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project, a non-profit organization that sends teams of veterans to Vietnam to reconcile with the Vietnamese. He was there for six weeks, helping build houses and schools. He came home satisfied he had done a good thing. Still struggling with PTSD, however, he once again filed for compensation from the Veteran’s Administration with the same result as
He signed up with the Army at the age of eighteen in 1968 while searching for meaning in his life. For eighteen months, he was in the line of fire in Vietnam. After witnessing the atrocities of an unnecessary war, he completed his tour of duty and returned home.
While working on his BA at the local Community College, he met with members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and joined them in the 1971 anti-war protests in Washington D.C. Throwing his dog tags over the fence of the White House in protest, he didn’t think about what those men in black were going to do with them once they gathered them off the lawn.
He suffered from skin rashes, foot fungus, and deep emotional problems, all of which had started in Vietnam. He struggled through college and finally earned his master’s degree in Art …show more content…
Trying to find solace and relief from his emotional afflictions, He decided to go back to Vietnam in December of 1999 when he joined the Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project, a non-profit organization that sends teams of veterans to Vietnam to reconcile with the Vietnamese. He was there for six weeks, helping build houses and schools. He came home satisfied he had done a good thing. Still struggling with PTSD, however, he once again filed for compensation from the Veteran’s Administration with the same result as